2 young siblings killed in Lewisville mobile home fire

Published 6:00 pm, Thursday, February 22, 2007

A 6-year-old girl and her 4-year-old brother were killed in a mobile home fire early Friday morning in the Dallas-area city of Lewisville, police said.

Firefighters responded to reports of the fire in a mobile home park shortly after midnight, said Officer Richard Douglass of the Lewisville police.

The victims' parents had escaped the home and told firefighters that their children were inside. Firefighters found the children and carried them outside, but paramedics weren't able to revive them, Douglass said.

The parents were transported to a Lewisville hospital with minor burns and smoke inhalation.

The family's name was not released.

Douglass said the cause of the fire remained under investigation Friday morning.